706 new industries come into operation in Jhapa

BANIYANI(Jhapa), April 29: A total of 706 new industries were registered and came into operation in the last nine months of the current fiscal year.

The industries with an investment of Rs 1.38 billion fetched Rs 7.4 million in revenue from their registration, according to Chandra Prasad Mishra, Industry Officer at the Office of Cottage and Small Industries, Jhapa.

Mishra shared that new industries which are related to productive sector, agricultural sector, service sector and tourism related and operated by a total of 784 industrialists have created jobs to as many as 2,000 people.

The productivity of these industries stands at over Rs 820 million annually. RSS